History Main / ForgotToMindTheirHead

* ''Series/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': In ''The Silver Chair'', Trumpkin the dwarf bangs his head on the roof of his carriage during his meeting with Jill and Eustace.

* ''Literature/TheSilverChair'': In the BBC TV adaptation, Trumpkin the dwarf bangs his head on the roof of his carriage during his meeting with Jill and Eustace.

* One ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' space-arc strip had Guevevere complaining that the overhang above her console was dangerous, and she'd bang her head one day. The last panel was a FlashForward to a couple of decades later, where she does and Arthur concedes she was right.

* In ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'', this can easily happen to Rantanplan, the stupidest dog in the West. Once, he is taking a nap under a horse watering crate (where Jolly Jumper is drinking), when he hears Luke telling the saloon tenant to feed his horse and give a bone to his dog... and Rantanplan immediately straightens up at the prospect of food and hits his head. Twice.

* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Season 3 opener "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS3E1ABreathOfFreshAir A Breath of Fresh Air]]", Mako is sleeping on a cot under his desk at the police station. When his phone ringing suddenly wakes him up, he naturally bumps his head underneath the desk.

** In "[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E3AsteroidBeltSpaceRaceSydney2 Asteroid Belt Space Race]]", Eggplant looks under Celery's saucer to see her dual custom carbifonators, [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender then bumps her head on it]].

* In ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'' the titular heroine hits her head on the underside of a desk after she bends down to pick up a fallen letter and starts to stand up too quickly as she ducks back out from under it when she notices the previously overlooked note on the back.

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* One ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' space-arc strip had Guevevere complaining that the overhang above her console was dangerous, and she'd bang her head one day. The last panel was a FlashForward to a couple of decades later, where she does and Arthur concedes she was right.

* In ''Film/{{Sam}}'', Samantha is hiding under desk with Margaret when her boss Seymour sticks his head under the desk. Samantha sits up suddenly and bangs her head on the underside of the desk.

* In ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'', this can easily happen to Rantanplan, the stupidest dog in the West. Once, he is taking a nap under a horse watering crate (where Jolly Jumper is drinking), when he hears Luke asks the saloon tenant to feed his horse and give a bone to his dog... and Rantanplan immediately straightens up at the prospect of food and hits his head. Twice.

* 'Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Season 3 opener "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS3E1ABreathOfFreshAir A Breath of Fresh Air]]", Mako is sleeping on a cot under his desk at the police station. When his phone ringing suddenly wakes him up, he naturally bumps his head underneath the desk.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E50TimeAndPunishment Time and Punishment]]", Gosalyn is looking around a horrific alternate St. Canard when she happens upon Launchpad fixing a taxi. She calls to him, causing him to spring up[[note]](with good reason, because in this St. Canard, neither he nor Darkwing has seen her for twenty years)[[/note]] and strike his head on the undercarriage of the taxi.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Season 3 opener "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS3E1ABreathOfFreshAir A Breath of Fresh Air]]", Mako is sleeping on a cot under his desk at the police station. When his phone ringing suddenly wakes him up, he naturally bumps his head underneath the desk.

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* ''Anime/OnePiece'': In one of the anime's most hilarious expansions of the manga, when [[spoiler:Robin]] first shows up on the Merry at the end of the [[Recap/OnePieceAlabastaArc Alabasta arc]], ''all'' of the Strawhats (except Zoro, who's playing OnlySaneMan while the others whine about how much they miss [[spoiler:Vivi]]) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKeTnEfIxdM bang their heads on the ship's railing]].

* In ''Film/MaryPoppins'', George Banks is looking in the fireplace for the childrens' notice for a nanny that he threw there (which Mary has just produced). His wife enters and calls his name, causing him to bang his head on the fireplace. In a scene immediately prior, he had already bumped his head for much the same reason when Mary asked if he'd lost something.

** When hiding in the rotgut room at the bar, Eddie keeps banging his head on the ceiling lamp.

* From ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', when Yoda tells the ghost of Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi that the impatient Luke Skywalker isn't ready to be trained as a Jedi.
-->'''Luke:''' I ''am'' ready! Ben, I can be a Jedi! Ben, tell him I'm ready-- ''[bangs his head on Yoda's low ceiling]''
* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'', Cindy comes home to find George passed out at a table. She asks him what happened he says that he doesn't know. He and Cody were playing a fun game when he looked down and...
-->'''George:''' ''[seeing five dice reading 6 on the table]'' Oooh, Yahtzee! ''[stands up and bangs his head on a shelf, passes out]''

** In "The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold", Higgins and Crabtree are under a fixture at a murder scene dismantling a piece of equipment and arguing over the disappearance of Crabtree's fancy new pen. As they're trading insults, Murdoch enters and says, "Gentlemen" to get their attention and inquire about their progress. Both constables straighten up at the same time and hit their heads, effectively ending their tiff for the moment.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "There's Nothing Like a Nurse" sees part of the cast take cover in Henry's office upon hearing an air raid siren. When Radar checks out the window, he reports that the plane in the air is none other than the inept bomber known to the camp as "Five o'Clock Charlie". Henry, hiding beside his own desk, rises to express his outrage only to crack his head on the pull-out panel he frequently uses as a foot rest.
* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' episode "Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor", Lurch bumps his head on the ceiling of Cousin Itt's room more than once (unsurprising, considering he has to stoop nearly double to move around).
* A RunningGag on ''Series/HomeImprovement'' is that whenever Tim goes to the basement, he always forgets the pipe above the staircase and bonks his head on it.

* Invoked in a 1973 ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip. Garfield ties himself to a lamp and jumps off the table to [[JumpScare swing into Odie's face]]. The dog jumps and hits his head on the table's underside. Garfield sums the scheme up as complicated but WorthIt.

* In ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'' the titular heroine hits her head on the underside of a desk after she bends down to pick up a fallen letter and starts to stand up too quickly as she ducks back out from under it when she notices the previously overlooked note on the back.